Dan Schulman

Dan Schulman has worked for
four years focused primarily on community development through his various
leadership roles in social and economic justice initiatives. During his time as
a Peace Corps volunteer, he helped subsistence farmers in Mali, West Africa
with marketing and diversification of their agribusiness products. During his
time in Maine, he made significant organizing contributions to the successful
campaign for marriage equality and co-led the Maine Alliance for Sustainable
Transportation, a coalition of community and business leaders dedicated to
regional access and bike-pedestrian issues. In addition, he managed
institutional relationships for CIEE, a non-profit provider of international
study, work, and travel abroad opportunities. Dan's interests lie in
working with the private sector to address social and economic inequality
through sustainable urban development and regional planning, specifically
related to transit-oriented development and brownfield remediation. With the
SGE Immersion, he hopes to hone his skills to manage large-scale private-public
infrastructure projects to address the evolving institutional challenges cities
have to ensure its citizens thrive it is his belief that an inclusive holistic
approach such as this will leave an indelible lasting impact.